Epstein Secrets

rth rates, the incorporation of the West Bank's and Gaza's Arab population into Israel would mean an Arab majority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean—and continued rule over an occupied, antagonistic Palestinian population would result in Israel becoming a pariah state. These Israelis' declarati

stablish a state and achieve international recognition of such statehood by September when, it is expected, the matter will be brought to a vote at the UN General Assembly. Many observers in the West seem to regard this campaign, masterminded by Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad, respectively the Palestinian Authority's

om Russia and Iran, triggering the risk of a broader conflict. That is highly unlikely. Iran lacks the military muscle to make an impression in the Mediterranean, although it might attempt to persuade Lebanese Hezbollah to launch reprisal terrorist operations. Though an opportunist power, Russia pursues a p

ention in Bosnia-Herzegovina and, later, Kosovo: to stop genocide. In both cases, the UN was paralyzed by the threat of a Russian veto. Addressing the UN General Assembly in 1999, then Secretary- General Kofi Annan offered a reflection on the genocide in Rwanda: "If, in those dark days and hours leading up to the gen

n September on independence. They will prevail in the General Assembly, though not in the Security Council. President Ba

biblical grounds, and other voters. Mr. Bolton said that he was on a cruise sponsored by the conservative magazine Weekly Standard last week in the Mediterranean, and that most of the people on the ship “reacted very strongly against” Mr. Obama’s speech outlining his Mideast vision. “As a Republican,” he said,

atic ties with Israel, and the minister also declared that Turkey would take appropriate measures for safe navigation on the high seas in the eastern Mediterranean. Military agreements between Turkey and Israel have been suspended. Turkey will not recognize the Gaza HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024999 --- PAGE BREAK --- b

rkey and Israel have been suspended. Turkey will not recognize the Gaza HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024999 --- PAGE BREAK --- blockade and will take action at the UN General Assembly to make sure that the matter is discussed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And finally, Turkey will extend full support to the families o

ens and minority groups. Recall, in this context, U.N. General Assembly resolution 181 of 1947 that called for the establ

relative to the cause of political expression. But it was Rome's ability to provide a modicum of stability to parts of central Europe and the entire Mediterranean basin— and thus further the cause of personal freedoms (mind you, by the dismal standards of the era)— that is key to its achievement; and HOUSE_OVER